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Prosecutors: Weather Anchor Heidi Jones Wanted Attention
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe New York City meteorologist accused of lying to police about being assaulted appeared in a Manhattan court today as prosecutors presented documents alleging that she faked her story for attention. Dressed in a dark dress suit, Heidi Jones briefly appeared before Criminal Court Judge Lynn Kotler with her attorney, Paul Callan. Jones said nothing as she listened to Assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain detail the case against her, which could earn her up to a year in prison. The 37-year-old WABC-TV weather anchor and occasional forecaster on "Good Morning America" went to police on ...
'Emergency Announcement' Spooks Fliers Mid-Air
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Aug. 27) -- Terrified passengers aboard a British Airways jet thought they were about to plunge to their death after the plane's pilot accidentally activated an emergency announcement. The high-altitude gaffe Tuesday caused a chilling automated message to be broadcast in the cabin. "This is an emergency announcement," said a calm female voice, according to The Sun. "We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water." The Boeing 747 was over the North Sea en route to Hong Kong from Heathrow Airport at the time of the incident. Ben Stansall, AFP / Getty Images Passengers on ...
Vitali Klitschko Believes Cris Arreola 'Has Nothing to Lose'
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Vitali Klitschko believes "defending the belt" is much more difficult than winning it. The Ukrainian superstar will put his WBC heavyweight title on the line Sept. 26 against Cris Arreola. In this FanHouse exclusive, we talk to both fighters about their upcoming showdown and how Arreola uses his Google alert as "motivation."See what else the fighters had to say in this video after the jump. ...
Fantasy Football Cut-N-Go: Who the? What the? Lynell Hamilton?
By Ryan Dembinsky - AOL NewsCut-N-Go is Fantasy Football FanHouse's weekday roundup of the NFL news with fantasy football impact. Pierre Thomas owners simply cannot catch a break. It was bad enough watching Mike Bell tear through defenses as Thomas sat out for the first two games of the season, but now that he is finally healthy (and Bell is not), according to FFToolBox, the Saints are giving first team repetitions to Lynell Hamilton (this was also mentioned in the Cram Session podcast by our Matt Snyder and Tom Herrera). Pardon my French, but who the hell is Lynell Hamilton?As a matter of fact, Lynell Hamilton came to ...
Pickin' On the Big Ten: V for Vendetta
By Mark Hasty - AOL NewsEvery Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, settling the scores before the scores are settled. Penn State has declared that Saturday night's game with Iowa will be a "whiteout" game. That distinction is usually reserved for games of the utmost importance, and if you don't know why this game is so important to the Nittany Lions, you must not remember what happened last year in Iowa City. A Daniel Murray field goal put the Hawkeyes on top and ended any hopes Penn State had of getting blown out by Florida playing in the BCS National Championship Game. It's time for ...
Census: 46 Million Uninsured; Nearly Twice as Many Are in Public Plans
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIt's official: More than 46 million people do not have health insurance. The exact number is 46.3 million, an increase of 600,000 from 2007 to 2008, according to new statistics released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.The overall number of people with insurance rose by 1.7 million to 255.1 million last year. Those with private insurance coverage declined by 1 million -- a number that closely corresponds to the decline in employment-based insurance.The new numbers reflect some impact from the economic collapse but not the brunt of it. Mass layoffs were at their peak in the first half of ...
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